The US-Israeli conflict on Iran could push over 30 million people into poverty, exacerbating global energy and food insecurity issues.
The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended for three weeks, US President Donald Trump announced.
Thousands of displaced Lebanese civilians took to the road, hoping that a 10-day ceasefire with Israel would allow them to return to their homes.
Two ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz since Iran agreed to reopen the waterway as part of a ceasefire deal.
The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire barely an hour before President Donald Trump’s Wednesday deadline to obliterate the country was set to expire.
South Africans are bracing for potentially devastating fuel price increases in May, with diesel prices set to rise by more than R10 per litre.
Israel has been under attack from a new barrage of Iranian missiles, as President Donald Trump warned Iran of more devastation.
Iranian media reports that a wave of US-Israeli strikes hit military bases, a religious site and a cancer drug plant.
President Donald Trump warned Iran to engage in talks to end the Middle East war “before it is too late”.
Oil prices dropped as stocks rose amid hopes of Middle East peace, while the global economic impact of conflict intensified.
